It is the second-highest figure seen at UHL this year, following the record-breaking 92 people on trolleys on January 6.

The crash, involving a pedestrian and a car, occurred on the R580, Kanturk to Buttevant Road at around 7pm this evening.

Jack Downey began to feel unwell at the festival on August 2 at around 4.30pm.

It is understood that a car struck and demolished a supporting pillar for the roof of retail units next to Quish's SuperValu in Ballincollig.

The mother of teenager Jack Downey who died after he took a substance at the Indiependence Festival in Co Cork in August is to participate in the Tipperary Ladies Mini Marathon in order to raise funds for the intensive care unit (ICU) where her son died.

The family of a 92-year-old church sacristan who died after an accident on a pedestrian crossing say they hope he can rest in peace after a raft of safety recommendations were made at an inquest yesterday.

Two-year-old Santina Cawley was murdered on July 5 in Cork city.

Gardaí have commenced a murder investigation into the death of a two-year-old girl who died at Cork University Hospital yesterday morning.

The casualty was rescued from the Queen Mary II this morning 80 miles off the Fastnet Rock on the Cork coast.

An asylum seeker with a heart condition who was unable to walk 200 metres without extreme breathlessness spent his last few weeks of life in extreme distress as he had to take repeated trips by bus from Cork to Dublin for medical treatment, his widow has claimed at his inquest.

Residents living near one of Cork's busiest roads are to meet later this week to discuss plans to radically revamp the road network in their area.

Plans to build a helipad at Cork University Hospital have been temporarily grounded after Cork City Council planners sought further information about the development.

The priest officiating at the funeral of a man who was fatally stabbed on the street last week has questioned why people carry knives when they result in so much tragedy.

Gardaí in Cork have appealed for witnesses to a road traffic accident which has left an elderly pedestrian fighting for his life.

Five people were arrested during early morning raids on houses in Cork yesterday as part of an investigation into the murder of former dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll.

An infant had a miraculous escape when a car went out of control, ploughing into another car which was, in turn, shunted into the child’s buggy, pinning it up against a wall.

A helipad could be operational at Cork University Hospital by December 2017.

Preparing a stage debut or trekking the Camino aren’t the first things women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are likely to consider, but an inspiring photo exhibition touring the country shows no reason to stop making plans.

A woman responsible for stashing heroin and cannabis under a rubbish bin in a toilet at Cork University Hospital five years ago was yesterday given a five-month suspended jail sentence.

A young woman from Cork who recently battled cancer has shared a letter she wrote for her younger sister, which she hopes will calm the nerves of stressed Leaving Certificate students.

A postmortem to be carried out this morning will determine if gardaí launch a murder inquiry, or decide the death of a Polish man was accidental.

Tributes were paid yesterday at Cork Circuit Court to solicitor Jeremy O’Connor, who died recently.

The popular 1980s singer- songwriter Black — who had a hit with ‘Wonderful Life’, died yesterday following a crash in Co Cork a fortnight ago.

St Stephen’s Day has lived up to its reputation as a busy one for hospitals, with figures from emergency departments around the country showing a spike in presentations the day after Christmas.

Gardai are investigating the possibility that the man who died on board an Aer Lingus flight bound for Dublin yesterday may have been a drugs mule.

Armed gardaí have been deployed at Cork University Hospital after the transfer of Limerick gang boss Christy Keane, who escaped death last week when two gunmen opened fire on him.

Fifteen people, including 11 children, were injured yesterday evening following a head-on crash between a minibus and a car near Farranfore in Co Kerry.

Patients scheduled to undergo surgery at Cork University Hospital (CUH) on December 19 face having operations cancelled following a ballot for strike action by junior doctors in the department of anaesthetics.

A campaign to reverse the €50 hike in registration fees for nurses and midwives led to several protests around the country yesterday, including at the gates of Cork University Hospital.

A family were keeping a vigil at the bedside of their daughter, 11, at Cork University Hospital, after she was critically injured when a tractor front loader fell on top of her.

From the ashes of illness, a remarkable artistic talent has emerged.

A 6-year-old boy who was fatally injured in a hit-and-run last week was a sweet and charming little rogue, “who stole the hearts of everyone he met”, his funeral Mass has heard.

Fota Island Resort’s new owners have obtained permission to complete an overhaul for which local authority approval was first granted a decade ago.

Mourners have bid an emotional farewell to a young man who won a landmark legal battle which secured educational rights for the disabled.

Build4Life raised millions with the aim of opening an adult in-patient ward at CUH for CF patients. Legal issues and disagreements have left it in limbo, reports Catherine Shanahan.

The son of Mahon Tribunal whistleblower Tom Gilmartin said his father never got the apology he was owed by the State.

A 13-month-old baby boy died after ingesting a 5cm metal screw that lodged deep in his windpipe.

An inquest into the death of a man who was critically injured during a row outside a Cork pub has been adjourned pending a manslaughter trial.

A small community is united in mourning as it prepares to bury a sports-loving teenager who died in a weekend farming tragedy in North Cork.

The West Cork region is “bleeding to death” due to Government cuts, protesters claimed yesterday.

A mother’s instinct has been credited with saving her little girl’s life after she rushed her to hospital in the middle of the night when she spotted an unusual strawberry-coloured mark on her side.

A nine-year-old boy has suffered a broken leg after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Cork.

A doctor has told an inquest into the death of a young boy that there was a delay in starting dialysis at a hospital as the boy’s father had not brought the dialysis machine with him.

A mother who went into politics in a bid to improve the life of her young child got the news she desperately wanted yesterday — that a cystic fibrosis wonder drug will be available to patients in Ireland from next month.